The Sublime Island Kingdom of Astrolinium is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by King Attorio Maldive III with an even hand, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.706 billion Astroliniani are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Astrolinium. The average income tax rate is 80.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Astrolinian economy, worth 664 trillion Australes a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 76,331 Australes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Wind farms are erected on shuttered oil platforms, the government has started a campaign to crack down on road rage and encourage alternate means of commuting, public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers, and foreign 'investors' have been taking a great interest in the new secret shuttle. Crime is totally unknown. Astrolinium's national animal is the Bottlenose Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.